Toy.



No. 845,846; PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

A. D. BENNETT. TOY.

APPLICATION FILED'MAYMJQOG. I

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ALBERT D. BENNETT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed May 29,1906. Serial No. 319.395.

To all whom it 'nw/g concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a toy, and has for its obj ect to provide an entertaining and amusing device constructed as hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawing is a side view of the toy.

The device consists of a rod 6, having therei in a spiral groove 7 and provided at opposite ends with handles 8. Mounted upon this rod is a runner consisting of a spiral coil 9, at opposite ends of which are horizontally-projecting portions 10, each of which carries a doll or figure 11. The figure is pivotally mounted upon the ends of the wire which forms the runner, as indicated at 12, so that the figure will swing around or turn freely on a horizontal axis. This allows the figures to right themselves when the device is reversed. The limbs 13 of the figures are preferably pivoted to the bodies, so that as the runner rotates the limbs will move out or swing to various degrees.

In use the rod is held vertically, and the runner will by gravity travel down the spiral groove, revolving around the same. When the runner reaches the lower end of the red, the device may be reversed, and the runner will travel back to the other end, the figures turning on their pivots 12 to an upright position at all times.

The spiral of the rod on which the runner is mounted is of peculiar construction-that is, the groove 7 is of considerable width and much greater than the width of the wire 10, and the bottom of said groove furthermore forms a straight line between theribs. The e'l'lect of this construction is to allow the run nor to have a limited amount of vertical or lengthwise movement on the rod before it begins to turn. So when the rod is reversed to allow the runner to travel from one end to the other the runner first drops from one side of the groove to the other a distance in prac tice of about one-quarter of an inch. This gives the runner a start or impulse which causes it to revolve with more certainty and rapidity than would otherwise be the case.

I claim- A toy comprising a rod having a spiral groove therein and a runner thereon comprising a piece of wire bent to form a spiral fitting in the groove and having oppositely-extending ends with figures thereon, the width of the groove being decidedly greater than the width of the wire, so that the initial movement of the runner is a drop from one side of the groove to the other, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT D. BENNETT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, SHIRLEY J. BOMMHARDT. 

